Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: Thanks to the UK’s northern latitudes, we are well-placed to reach polar and near -polar orbits using
Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) it was an RAF radar station waiting for the Russian bear in the cold war to come screaming over the polar - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) has left the Chamber, but Northern Ireland, as with all the regions - Speech Link
Apr. 11 2024
Source Page: UK reaffirms commitment to Arctic security and prosperityFound: In his first trip to the northern-most US state, David Rutley, who is also the UK’s Minister for the Polar
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Climate scientists and actuaries show the sting in climate’s tailFound: significant carbon but also play a major role in creating rainfall, both domestically and in neighbouring regions
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (COSWP) 2024Found: In European climatic regions use a sun protection factor (SPF) rating of at least 15.
Mentions:
1: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) metropolis and the metropolitan elite—but this issue runs across parties, across classes and across regions - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) Africa, but I remind colleagues—I pay tribute to the campaign by the Daily Express on this—that other regions - Speech Link
3: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) claiming that we are being racist against the Canadians because we choose not to import endangered polar - Speech Link
4: Clive Efford (Lab - Eltham) I have not heard anyone say we are being racist to Canadians by not wanting polar bears to be imported - Speech Link
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: The Antarctic Treaty: Measures adopted at the 45th Consultative Meeting 2023Found: Such strong regional changes are often most pronounced in the polar regions due to positive ice -albedo
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: Environmental Report on Changes to Marine Conservation Order provisions under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010Found: These warm waters mix with cooler polar waters from the Arctic in the north and east that are rich
Asked by: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean as new shipping lanes become accessible as a result of climate change.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
His Majesty’s Government does not directly monitor the safety of British ships crossing the Arctic Ocean. However, ships transiting these waters will be monitored by those States that have Search and Rescue (SAR) responsibilities in the region.
With regards the safety of British ships in Arctic waters, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) came into force 1 January 2017 and requires ships operating in the Polar regions to meet enhanced safety standards which reflect the additional risks associated with those regions. The UK applies these standards through a survey and certification regime to ensure that safety standards are met and that ships operating in polar regions apply the additional safety considerations that are considered necessary.
Oral Evidence Mar. 18 2024
Inquiry: The UK and the Antarctic EnvironmentFound: Environmental Audit Committee Sub-Committee on Polar Research Oral evidence: The UK and the Antarctic